I grew up with kings and queens: they were in my story books. I grew up with the government: they were in my parents’ conversations. I grew up with the church: they were in white
The InnocenceThe Innocence
He hadn’t déjà-vued in years. When young it had happened quite frequently. “Oh, that’s a déjà -vu,” someone told him, “it happens to me sometimes.” He had seen the dog die. It was a short-muzzled
Seeing the starsSeeing the stars
Once upon a time I lived in a country where there was light pollution – in its cities at least – but matters in South Africa have recently deteriorated to such an extent that now
BRAWDEKBRAWDEK
Athol Braaf snarled. Window of opportunity – what life coaches prate about – but in this case the window was red. Nowhere in his holiday destination were there four days not OCCUPIED. Even converted garden
FLOC !FLOC !
More words rhyme with “pool” than “floc”. Leading the field are cool, fool and tool, which deal quite adequately with the opposition posed by rock, stock and cock. But when you saw FLOC, did your
I believe in GodI believe in God
People don’t’ ask me whether I believe in God – and I don’t tell them. It’s not that I want to avoid Bible-punching: more that I have some anxiety about being able to explain adequately
BalmBalm
A lengthy right leg angles elegantly from wispy pillows of bubbly foam. A razor, lightly-held, slaloms its way down a ski slope of svelte shape, the snowcream of shaving foam parting easily under its touch.
Dark QuintetDark Quintet
Dead weight the paths behind us still on our heels we returned with wind on our faces into the air of the household and its company of chairs and passage. the curtained rooms had no
Week logicWeek logic
There is much in my life over which I have little control. At the moment it is the message: “It’s almost the mid of the week…” which opens my Tuesday phone; on Thursday: “It’s nearly
SLUNGSLUNG
“My eye – it’s gone!” But Roz hadn’t heard. Not above the rumble and roar of Seven Serpents plummeting and twisting its riders into the abyss. Then sudden darkness, a hissing of hydraulics and the